Energy and Environment

Scott Pruitt spends $45,000 to send security, EPA aides to Australia

By John Siciliano

Published April 19, 2018 10:06pm ET

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Scott Pruitt spends $45,000 to send security, EPA aides to Australia — According to a report, Pruitt is spending nearly $25,000 to build the soundproof enclosure in his office. | (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt spent $45,000 to send a five-member advance team to Australia last year to prepare for a meeting that was later scrapped.

Reuters obtained documents on Thursday detailing the Australia team’s mission, which included three members of Pruitt’s security detail and two aides. They were supposed to meet with members of Australia’s Parliament.

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